Photo Review of Orient Open Heart – DB08001W

This time round I had the opportunity to handle a rose gold dress watch made by Orient. This is an international model that comes in several variants including rose gold, stainless steel and all black case.

Here’s a photo review.
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Photo Review of the Seiko Mechanical – SARB072

This case design was first introduced in the Spirit line and subsequently brought over to the Mechanical line. There are quite a number of variants under the Spirit line including some with Arabic hour markers.

Under the Mechanical line, it has even more variants including the RGB colour models as well as a pink gold and a black out variant.

Here’s a photo review of the pink gold variant – SARB072.
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Comparison Shots of SBBN015 and SBDC011

I finally got myself a SBBN015 quartz tuna and took some comparison shots of the tuna can and the Fieldmaster, SBDC011 that I bought last year.
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Orient M-force Diver EL03002M – Part II

In this post, I will do a size comparison of the Orient M-force with its big brother, the Orient 300m diver (non-hack/handwind model). Let’s start off with the side-by-side comparison shot above.
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Orient M-Force 200m Diver – EL03002M

The Orient M-Force diver finally hit the Singapore market and I had the opportunity to handle them this weekend.

This is a 200m diver’s watch that is ISO compliant and comes with features like hack and handwind movement, sapphire crystal and power reserve. The watch comes in three colour variants namely black (EL03001B), blue (EL03001D) and orange which is featured in this post.

Here’s a quick look at the watch.
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Photo review of Seiko 5 Sports – SNZH51

I first reviewed the SNZH57 in September 2010 and since then, the watch has been gaining popularity. Some people buy it to wear it as it is while others modify it by changing its dial. The SNZH57 seems to be the most popular although the other colour variants are very nice as well.

Besides the SNZH57, the white dial SNZH51 is another one from this series that I like.

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Photo Review: Seiko Velatura SRQ001

This time round, I would like to post a photo review of Seiko’s first 8R28 chronograph, SRQ001. This watch was introduced during Basel World 2008 and is limited to 2000 pieces worldwide.

Before looking at the photos, here are the material used in this watch:

Case: Stainless steel
Dial: Carbon fiber
Bezel: Stainless steel and carbon fiber
Bracelet: Stainless steel and urethane
Crystal: Sapphire with anti-reflective coating
Caseback crystal: Sapphire
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Orient GMT with hack and handwind – DJ02003W

The Orient GMT finally reach our market here in Singapore and I had the opportunity to handle this white dial model the moment it was taken out of the shipping carton.

This is an international model with hack and handwind as well as a GMT hand that can be set independently. Let’s take a look.
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Alba Riki Watanabe – AKPA700

I had the opportunity to handle this black Alba Riki Watanabe watch recently. This model was produced for Japanese website, http://www.tictac-web.com

I posted about the regular editions in 2008 so I’ll just put up some pictures of the AKPA700 in this post.
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